Weapons. Weapons everywhere. Weapons that cut, weapons that smashed, weapons that fired bullets and weapons that did everything in between. It was the largest weapons store in Atlas and Ruby Rose-Schnee was a kid in a candy store. Weiss knew better than to try and keep up with her, watching with amusement as her wife buzzed and bounced around from display to display, rack to rack, shelf to shelf, ogling over every shiny piece of destruction.

"Just because I'm paying for this doesn't mean you can go crazy," Weiss warned. Ruby gave a quick thumbs-up, before darting down an aisle featuring various polishes and lubricants for proper weapon maintenance. Ruby came to a halt in front of two large displays of two of the leading brands of weapon wax.

"Hmm," Ruby thought out loud, tapping her lips with her index finger. "do I want to get Tru-Glo or Ultra-Shine? Tru-Glo would make Crescent Rose shinier, but Ultra-Shine does a better job of buffing out scratches…"

"You realize you wouldn't have so many scratches on Crescent Rose if you were a bit more careful with it, right?" Weiss said, finally catching up with her Dolt. Ruby held a can of wax in each hand, studying the ingredient list like she was studying for a test back at Beacon so many years ago. "Using it to fight Grimm is one thing, but the pure shenanigans you get into with it is beyond me."

"Hey, you were the one who said you couldn't find the can opener!" Ruby protested, putting the can of True-Glo back.

"That doesn't mean I want you to slice the can in half with Crescent Rose!" Weiss said, still amazed Ruby couldn't grasp this. "The entire kitchen was covered in vegetable beef soup." Ruby giggled and decided to grab another can of polish just to be on the safe side and tossed both cans into a nearby shopping cart she decided to claim as her own.

"Yeah, but we ordered out for Mistralian that night and I know how much you love that," Ruby said with a pleasant smooch on Weiss' cheek. "So it wasn't all bad."

"Still had to mop it up…" Weiss muttered, finding it hard to stay mad at her. "Is that all you wanted to see?"

"Pfft, hardly!" Ruby snorted. "I wanna check out some of the scopes they have. I'm thinking about upgrading Crescent Rose's scope. "

"Didn't you just 'upgrade' it 3 months ago?"

"Okay, yes," Ruby countered "but that was such a long time ago! There is so much cooler stuff available, Weiss! You have to stay on top of this." Weiss playfully rolled her eyes and waved Ruby away, her Dolt bounding to the other side of the store where dozens of various scopes and laser sights were on display.

"This one looks nice," Weiss said when she caught up, randomly picking the closest Scope. "It has one of those red laser pointers." But Ruby shook her head.

"Oh no, no, you don't want those. The Grimm could potentially see the dot and move out of the way. Those things are so showy but they hardly ever work." Ruby said with disgust. "They're for chumps."

"Well, we wouldn't want to be chumps!" Weiss said sarcastically. "Perish the thought!"

"Exactly!" Ruby agreed, knowing full well Weiss was being sarcastic, but rolling with it anyway. Ruby fiddled with the hem of her cloak a bit as she slowly walked up and down the aisle at the scopes. She picked ones up that would interest her, roll them between her fingers, analyze the features and put it back if it no longer suited her needs. Finally, she found one and gasped in amazement, before frantically waving down a sales rep who was roaming the floor.

"Yes ma'am, welcome to S-Mart, how may I assist you?" he asked, a young rabbit Faunus with grey fur around his ears and silver human hair going down his head.

"THIS!" Ruby squeaked, thrusting the display model in front of him. "This is the NP-719 Ultra Scope! Night vision, thermal vision with up to one hundred times zoom! How much is this?"

"I see you have an eye for quality, ma'am!" the salesman said with a plastic smile. The NP-719 is one of our top of the line scopes and it's currently on sale for 1,340 Lien!"

Ruby's jaw dropped.

"Whaaaaa? I could buy an entirely new weapon for that much! I thought you said it was on sale?"

"It is. Normally it's 1,500 Lien, but we're having a special sale for this weekend!" the salesman said. "If you are a member of our Platinum Dust program, you can save an additional 5% and earn a free Fresh Pine air freshener!"

"I don't even own a car!" Ruby yelled. "I drive a moped! Why do I need an air fresher?! You're gonna charge almost fifteen hundred Lien for just one scope?! That's crazy-go-nuts!" she added. The rabbit Faunus, his name tag said BUSTER, merely shrugged. He wasn't on commission, so whether he made the sale or not didn't matter.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but those are our prices." he said, "I wish I could help."

"Actually, you could." Weiss interrupted. She had been standing behind Buster the entire time and overheard everything. Buster spun around to face Weiss, his ears sagging and his face losing color when he recognized Weiss Rose-Schnee. "If I'm not mistaken, this establishment is owned by Snowflake Properties, yes? That is a subdivision of the SDC, meaning technically, I own this franchise."

"Wait, you own this store?!" Ruby asked in shock. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because I didn't want you to get the impression that I would be spoiling you with free weapons and gear, Ruby. I know you're a very proud woman and you insist on paying for your own ammo, gear and weapons repair. If I told you I owned your favorite weapons store, you'd probably stop shopping here, wouldn't you?"

Ruby opened her mouth to speak but snapped her jaw shut when she realized Weiss had a point.

"Now Buster, let's be honest, what is the wholesale cost on this scope?" Weiss asked politely.

"It's 412 Lien per unit. ma'am…" he stammered.

"Excellent. So this one time only you will sell this unit to her at wholesale cost. Only this time, however. Any other time she comes in the store she is to be treated no different than any other customer, is that understood?"

"Ye-yes, ma'am!" Buster croaked. "May…may I ring you up, Miss?" Ruby could only nod, as she was blushing a shade so deep it made her cloak seem pink. Buster rang the order up, bagged the scope and even threw in some coupons for twenty percent off her next purchase of one hundred Lien or more. Ruby gave a quick thank you and walked quickly out of the store and across the side of the mall to BurgerWorld for a quick bite to eat.

"You didn't have to do that…" Ruby finally said as she touched the order screen to customize her burger. Weiss scoffed.

"Nonsense. I may not be a 'Sugar Mama', but I will take care of you. To think otherwise is insulting." she said simply. Ruby paused for a moment, just staring at Weiss before engulfing her in a massive hug.

"You make my heart smile, Snowflake," she said. "You know…I missed this."

"You missed cheeseburgers?" Weiss asked.

"Okay, that too…but I missed us, just being us. No board room, no Grimm, just me and you."

"And you know what, Ruby? I would not want it any other way."